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bowing, thanked him for his gracious lordship which he
had shewn to her beforetime.

Tea, yea,' said the Archbishop, 'I am worse informed
of thee, than ever I was before/

She said: — 'My lord, if ye like to examine me, I shall
then know the truth, and if I be found guilty, I will
abide by your correction/

Then came forth a Preaching Friar, who was Suffragan
with the Archbishop, to whom the Archbishop said: —

'Now, sir, as ye said to me when she was not present,
say now while she is present/

'Shall I so?' said the Suffragan.

Tea,' said the Archbishop.

Then said the Suffragan to the said creature: —

'Damsel, thou wert at my Lady Westmoreland's?'1

'When, sir?' said she,

'At Easter,' said the Suffragan.

She, not replying, said, 'Well, sir?'

Then said he: — 'My lady, her own person, was well
pleased with thee, and liked well thy words, but thou
counselled my Lady Greystoketo forsake her husband, she
that is a baron's wife, and daughter to my Lady of West-
moreland, and now thou hast said enough to be burnt for/

And so he multiplied many shrewd words before the
Archbishop — it is not expedient to repeat them.

At the last, she said to the Archbishop: — 'My lord, if it
be your will, I saw not my Lady Westmoreland these two
years and more. Sir, she sent for me before I went to
Jerusalem, and if it please you, I will go again to her for
record that I moved no such matter/

1 Joan, daughter of John of Gaunt and sister to Cardinal Beaufort, She was
aunt to the Duke of Bedford.

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